mantua

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The fabric of Taryn’s is gorgeous, the cut of her mantua and stomacher perfect.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

“Madam,” I pressed, “I have it on the best authority that among the finest mantua makers of London, the pannier is no longer the mode.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

But women's clothes were made to order in the town by mantua makers, and in the country by travelling tailoresses and sempstresses, or by the deft-fingered wearers.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

"There was always something low to me in the idea of a milliner or mantua maker, and I cannot bear the thought of your being one," Mrs. Turner replied, in a decided tone.

From Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

Then shoes are buckled, stockings are gartered, and a black mantua placed gently round her shoulders.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton